Gasolene-renovator



T. LE VOIRA.

GASOLENE RENOVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. l2, 1920 1 ,357,101 I Patented Out. 26, 1920.

In order that the gasolene may be recovered UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS LE VORA, OF IOWA. CITY, IOWA.

GASbLENE-RENOVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed. January 12, 1920. Serial No. 351,029.

'citizen ofthe United States, residing at Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gasolene-Reno vators, of which the following is a specification. I This invention relates to gasolene renovators. More particularly, it belongs in the class of apparatus allied to oil filters,'and it is intended and designed to be used in renovating gasolene. Gasolene which has been employed to cleansefabrics of various kinds, or gloves, clocks and other. devices or implements carries mixed in it not only oils, but dirt and miscellaneous foreign particles.

in fit condition to be used again it is necessary-to pass it through renovating substances and then allow it to settle, whereupon a very considerable part of the impurities will be removed. This invention has been found especially convenient useful for the purpose stated.

The invention comprises combinations of parts of special construction and arrangement whereby it is believed. the renovation dfgasolene is carried out with less expense and with greater rapidity than by the employment of any kindred devices of which this applicant. has present knowledge.

In the accompanying drawings; the special construction and arrangement of the parts are set forth, and Figure 1 represents an external side view of all parts assembled. F is a vertical section of the whole, and

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Fig. 3 is a horizontal crosssection of the tank on the broken line -3-3 of Fig. 1.

Throughout the drawings and description, the same letter is usedto're'fer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, the'tank A has the removable cover a, and in practice is supported by the stand 6. The stand, has a conical bottom C, and in open communica-" tion with the bottom and extending down- Wardly is a hollow cylinder D provided with a removable cap closure (Z at lower end; I The hollow cylinder D is the container men-- tioned in this application. It is customary to provide the tank A with a glass tube fluid ga e B of ordinary construction.

, xtending vertically andvaxially. through the tankA and the cylinder D, and terminating near the'bottom of the cylinder, is the "with the main pipe upward passage of the gasolene.

ma n service pipeE for gasolene. This pipe is ordinarily provided above the tank with a check valve 6 as illustrated. It is not always necessary or convenient to makeuse of the vertical intake pipe E to introduce the gasolene into the lower end of the container D, and an additional intake pipe J, having the valve j, is provided connected directly with the lower end of the cylinder D. In like manner it is occasionally desirable to introduce gasolene from differently situated sources'of suppl and without using the main vertical pipe throughout its entire extent. Therefore, the two auxiliary pipes F, having a valve f, and pipe M, having the valve m, are rovidedand connected as shown.

For the withdrawal ore'scape of the renovated gasolene there is employed an outlet pipe comprising a pivoted portion G within the tank, continued 'by the stationary portion-g extending outside the tank. The two portionsof the outlet pipe, G and g are connected by a pivotal joint that the free end of the "portion 6% may be floated upwardly by means of the float h, shown in Fig.

To permit theimpurities'to be drawn off, the outlet pipe K having the valve is connected with the conical bottom C and opens into the bottom just above the lower end of the inclined catch plate L. The plate L makes an inclined partition within the bottom C, and is constructed with astraight edge Z between which and the upper part of the conical bottom an opening is left for the straight edge I of the plate L, and the opening mentioned are best shown in-Fig. 3.

The container or cylinder D' may be drainedat will by the outlet pipe N, 'provided with the valve n, the pipe passing upwardly through the cap (1.

In the operation of this invention, a charge of the chosen renovating substances is introduced into the cylinder or container D, and the dirty gasolene, whether sent in by way of the main pipe E or through the auxiliary service pipe 5, is forced upwardly into the tank and allowed to settle. The impuritiesand foreign particles "that may be carried up into the tank descend by gravity upon the catch plate L, which is inclined as described, and down which they pass to the mouth of the outlet pipe K. The lighter, renovated gasolene rises to the top within H in order The the tank, and the pivoted arm G of the gasolene outlet is floated upwardly and skims off the lighter and most clarified fluid from near the to of the body of the gasolene in the tank The operation may be rendered continuous, by introducing additional renovating substances and gasolene from time to time. 7

Having now described this invention, and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is a 1. In a gasolene renovator, the combination with a tank having a conical bottom, of a container connected with and extending downwardly from said conical bottom, the lower end of the container being closed, means for draining the container, inlet tubes opening into the bottom of the container, a catch plate arranged in the said conical bottom and making an inclined partition therein over the mouth of the said container, the upper edge of said platebeing spaced from the upper part of said conical bottom, an outlet pipe opening into the said conical bottom at the lower end of the catch plate, and means for drawing gasolene from the tank.

2. In a gasolene renovator, the combination with a tank having a conical bottom, of a container connected with and extending downwardly from said conical bottom, the lower end of the container being closed, inlet tubes opening into the bottom of the con tainer, a catch plate arranged in the said conical bottom and making an inclined partition therein over the mouth of the said container, the upper edge "of thesaid plate being spaced from the upper part of the said conical bottom, an outlet pipe opening into the said conical bottom at the lower end of the said catch plate, an outlet tube passing into the tank, and a tube in the tank provided witha float and pivotally connected with said outlet tube to draw renovated gasolene' from the top of the body of gasolene in the tank In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THOMAS v LE VORA. 

